When I lived in Madrid I assume two ls, but regardless, the meaning is more or less clear. I use it all the time in many settings. It works when people know...and when they don't. BTW - what did Google translate say it meant? (literal xlate is crazy chicken)
When I lived in Madrid I assume two ls, but regardless, the meaning is more or less clear. I use it all the time in many settings. It works when people know...and when they don't. BTW - what did Google translate say it meant? (literal xlate is crazy chicken)
The frankness of google translate just about knocks me over. Gilipollas was translated as "douchebag". (and I took 4 years of Spanish in HS, so I had some idea that pollo was a chicken) I almost fell off my chair, I was laughing so hard. And then I looked up "hijo de puta....and I won't even write what google told me what THAT translated to!!! (But it also made me laugh from sheer surprise)....so, thanks for all the chuckles and laughs--very welcome after all of the depressing news being bruited about.
When I lived in Madrid I assume two ls, but regardless, the meaning is more or less clear. I use it all the time in many settings. It works when people know...and when they don't. BTW - what did Google translate say it meant? (literal xlate is crazy chicken)
The frankness of google translate just about knocks me over. Gilipollas was translated as "douchebag". (and I took 4 years of Spanish in HS, so I had some idea that pollo was a chicken) I almost fell off my chair, I was laughing so hard. And then I looked up "hijo de puta....and I won't even write what google told me what THAT translated to!!! (But it also made me laugh from sheer surprise)....so, thanks for all the chuckles and laughs--very welcome after all of the depressing news being bruited about.
Having lived in Madrid, I can assure you that gilipollas is much much worse than douchebag. And may fit Dump better than anything else.
Good to know!